Gareth Thomas Llewelyn Hughes[1] (born 31 October 1981) is a New Zealand activist[2] and a former politician of the Green Party.

[15][16] In his first term, Hughes was the Green Party's spokesperson on housing, ICT, libraries and archives, tertiary education, GE, food, oceans,[17] transport,[18] and youth.

During this term of Parliament, the male co-leader of the Party, Russel Norman, resigned and Hughes stood for the vacant co-leadership role as the self-described "underdog.

[21] In November 2016, it was announced that Hughes would be running for the East Coast electorate against National Party MP Anne Tolley.

[2] When the Greens agreed to support a Labour–New Zealand First coalition Government, Hughes was not appointed to a ministerial position and instead continued as the party musterer (whip).

[4] Ahead of his retirement, and for family reasons, he relocated himself to be the Green Party's member of Parliament based in Dunedin.